> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 362](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259408) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q587674) QID Q587674 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dixon, Henry Horatio (1869-1953), Irish botanist, born Dublin 19 Mai 1869, died ib. 20 Dec 1953, B.Sc. Dublin 1892, assistant, Botany Dept. Trinity College Dublin 1887-1904, professor of botany 1904-1950, also director of Trinity College Botanic Garden 1906-1951. **Abbreviated name**: *H.H. Dixon* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 458 (b. 19 Mai 1869, Dublin, Ireland); Desmond p. 188 (used for details); DNB 1951-1960 \[1971\]: 302-303; DSB 4: 130-133. 1971 (by D.M. Simpkins); Kew 2: 94; LS suppl. 6590; Rehder 5(index): 231. #### Biofile - Anon., Nat. Nov. 26: 339. 1904 (apptd. Prof. Bot. Trinity Coll.); The Times 24 Dec 1953; Nature 173: 239-240. 1954; Obit. Notices Fellows R. Soc. 9: 79-97. 1954; Who was who 1951-1960. p. 308. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 267. 1938 (director Trinity Coll. Bot. Gard. 1905/1906-1951). - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 103. 1972/3. - Isely, D., One hundred and one botanists 308-310. 1994 (portr.). - Morton, A.G., History Bot. Science, London 428, 441, 467-474. 1981. - Praeger, R.L., Some Irish Nat. 72. 1949. - Simpkins, D.M., *in* C.C. Gillispie, Dictionary of scient. biogr. 4: 130-131. 1971 (bibl.). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 166. 1984. - Stieber, M.T. et. al., Huntia 4(1): 78\[79\]. 1981. ### Publications ##### n.30.834. Fertilization of Pinus silvestris **Title** *Fertilization of Pinus silvestris*... Annals of Botany... 1894. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1894 (date on p. 21, Nat. Nov. Mai (1) 1894), p. 12-34, *pl. 3-5* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 8(29): 21-34, *pl. 3-5.* 1894. *Ref*.: Karsten, G., Bot. Zeit. 52(II): 183-184. 16 Jun 1894. ##### n.30.835. ascent of sap **Title** On the *ascent of sap*... London (... Dulan and Co....) 1895. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: John Joly (1857-1933). *Publ*.: 26 Jul 1895 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Aug (1) 1895, Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1896), cover-t.p., p. 563-576. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 186(B): 563-576. 1895. ##### n.30.836. rôle **Title** Note on the *rôle* of *osmosis* in *transpiration*... Dublin (printed at the University Press ...) 1896. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Jun 1896 (read 13 Jan 1896, Bot. Zeit. 16 Jul 1896), cover-t.p., p. 767-775. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. roy. Irish Acad. ser. 3. 3(5): 767-775. 1896. *Ref*.: Behrens, W.J., Bot. Zeit. 54(II): 284-285. 16 Sep 1896 (rev.). ##### n.30.837. chromosomes **Title** On the *chromosomes* of *Lilium longiflorum*... Dublin (Printed at the University Press ...) 1896. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1896 (read 11 Nov 1895, Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1897), cover-t.p., p. 707-720, *pl. 23* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. roy. Irish Acad. ser. 3. 3(4): 707-720, *pl. 23.* 1896. *Note*: This reprint was issued combined with the next title. ##### n.30.838. nuclei **Title** Note on the *nuclei* of the endosperm of *Fritillaria imperialis*... Dublin (Printed at the University Press...) 1896. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1896 (read 11 Nov 1895, Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1897), p. 721-726, *pl. 24* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. roy. Irish Acad. ser. 3. 3(4): 721-726, *pl. 24.* 1896. *Note*: This reprint was issued combined with the foregoing title. *Ref*.: Zacharias, E.O., Bot. Zeit. 54(II): 248. 16 Aug 1896. ##### n.30.839. tensile strength **Title** The *tensile strength* of *cell-walls*... Annals of Botany... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1897 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1-4\]. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 11(44): 585-588. 1897. ##### n.30.840. Structur of Codium **Title** *Structur of Codium*... Annals of Botany... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1894 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1-2\]. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 11(44): 588-590. 1897. ##### n.30.841. osmotic pressure **Title** On the *osmotic pressure* in the cells of *leaves*... Dublin (Printed at the University Press,...) 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1897 (read 8 Jun 1896), cover-t.p., p. 61-73. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. roy. Irish Acad. ser. 3. 4(1): 61-73. 1897. ##### n.30.842. possible function **Title** The *possible function* of the *nucleolus in heredity*... Annals of Botany... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1899 (date on p. \[269\]), p. \[269\]-278. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 13(50): 269-278. 1899. ##### n.30.843. first mitosis **Title** On the *first mitosis* of the *spore-mother-cells* of *Lilium*... Dublin (Printed at the University Press,...) 1900. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1900 (read 11 Dec 1899), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-12, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths. draw.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. roy. Irish Acad. ser. 3. 6(1): 1-12, *pl. 1-2.* 1900. ##### n.30.844. cohesion theory **Title** The *cohesion theory* of the *ascent of sap*... Dublin (Printed at the University Press ...) 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Jun 1903 (date on cover-t.p., read 17 Feb 1903, Nat. Nov. Jul (1) 1903), cover-t.p., p. 48-61. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sci. Proc. roy. Dublin Soc. ser. 2. 10(1): 48-61. 1903. *Ref*.: Askenasy, E., Bot. Zeit. 61(II): 346. 16 Nov 1903 (rev.). ##### n.30.845. supply **Title** Note on the *supply* of *water* to leaves on a *dead branch*... Dublin (published by the Royal Dublin Society...) 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1905 (date on cover-t.p., read 20 Jun 1905, Nat. Nov. Sep (2) 1905), cover-t.p., p. 7-12. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sci. Proc. roy. Dublin Soc. ser. 2. 11(2): 7-12. 1905. ##### n.30.846. Practical plant biology **Title** *Practical plant biology*. A course of elementary lectures on the general morphology and physiology of plants... London (Longmans, Green and Co.....) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pract. pl. biol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922 (Nat. Nov. Aug-Sep 1922), p. \[i\], \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-291. *Copy*: B.